The Defense Mapping Agency's Pilot Digital Operations,
Abstract
The Pilot Digital Operations (PDO) project is an investigation by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) into the practicality and utility of computer mapping. PDO is a set of experiments whose results will be used to help in the evaluation of the feasibility and desirability of performing the MC&G production operations in the digital domain. The importance of this effort is based on the nature of future mapping sources, the desire to automate, as much as possible, the production operations and the basic trends of forthcoming technology. The experiments are meant to test available 'off-the-shelf' technology. By assessing the current state-of-the-art, DMA can determine what areas require further R&D and what are the risks associated with a digital production system. The early experiments test some basic classes of image processing algorithms. The next set test MC&G production functions. This leads to an experiment which involves actually generating a DMA product. Other experiments deal with general design issues emphasizing the human factors and data base aspects of the prblems. PDO is scheduled to be completed by the end of 1982. The results to date are discussed and a brief description of the remaining experiments is given. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108092
Entities
People
- Bruce K. Opitz
- Henry Cook
- Jerry Becker